Notice Me for Christsake!

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I sympathise, artrat. I suspect there must be a lot of people on WrongPlanet who feel the same way, including me. I appreciate the way you have brought this out into the open and also started your thread on Random Discussion which I've posted in and has been stickied. Pretty good going artrat!

I will certainly notice you.. after this thread.

On internet forums (mainly large ones) often it takes a bit of a stink to get noticed. My inbox is full of moderator warnings. That's not something to be proud of, and not worth it for the sole purpose of being noticed.

Don't be afraid to shell out your opinion even if it may not be the most popular, afterall, it's the internets.

Good to have you here. Come and join in the dramas.

I'll notice you if you notice me

Formulating an appropriate response to every single thread is a bit of an arduous task.

In many threads, someone may have commented on what I had in mind to say. Rather than beat a dead horse, you would be able to mark such threads as 'handled', as you would ultimately not be providing any additional degree of useful information. Also, not being an expert on an extraordinarily large array of topics may lend itself to a non-response in many occasions.

There are a variety of reasons why someone may not get replies to certain threads, but the vast majority of them do not regard your personality as the reason for non-response.

I meant to say earlier that WrongPlanet does seem to me, at least tacitly, like a popularity hierarchy. More so than it once did. To be honest that's going to happen on any forum, but since this is an autism forum it would be better if somehow it was more inclusive of everyone, as some people are going to have experienced a particularly large amount of exclusion in their lives. You can tell the popular users on any forum, and that there is indeed a tacit popularity stratum, because they are always the people usually referenced in threads such as 'Hug a random member' or 'Kiss a random member' or other random stuff like that. The members who are able and willing to 'schuck and jive' a hell of a lot more than people like me know how to.

I don't think any sort of reputation system is the best idea for this forum, due to the tacit popularity stratum that exists and the fact some members were excluded in life. The love-shyness forum where I post brought in a similar system where members can press a button to thank another user's posts. Though I've made posts and been thanked for them, I'm not a fan of such a system.

I notice you. I would make a point of responding to your posts, but, as I am socially inept and prone to saying the absolute worst possible thing I could say, I don't want to run the risk of coming across the wrong way.

For instance; this post. I mean well, but I have a hard time expressing it. As my sig says, don't mind me.

artrat! I have definitely noticed you . You're a very interesting and intelligent young lady. I think I have replied to you on a few occasions. Like others have mentioned I don't always know what to say about a post but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate it. A "Like" button for that would certainly help